Improvement in apparatus for securing buttons to fabrics



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE REHFUSS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR SECURING'BUTTONS TO FABRlCS.

pecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,884, dated February27, 1866; antedated February 16, 1866.

P0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE REHFUSS, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented an ImproverLMachine for Facilitating the Attachment of Buttonsto Fabrics; and I do hereby declare the'tbllowing to be a full, clear,and exact tlBSGILLQtiOII of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to that class of buttons which are secured tofabrics by means of metal rivets; and my invention consists of certainmechanism, fully described hereinafter, for quickly introducing theshanks of the rivets into the fabric without cutting or breaking thefibers of the latter.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will nowproceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved ma chinefor facilitating the attachment of buttons to fabrics; Fig. 2, the samewith the parts in different positions; Fig. 3, a detached view drawn toan enlarged scale; Fig. 4, a section on the line 1 2, Fig. 3.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a plate, to the center of which is secured a short vertical rod, a,and a longer vertical rod, 1), the upper end of the latter being broughtto a sharp point.

On the rod 1) slides a metal sleeve, 0, which is secured to the'upperend of a plate, at, the lower end of the latter being bent outward, andthis bent portion having a hole through which passes the rod a. Roundthe rod 1), below the sleeve 0, is a spiral spring, 0, which tends toraise the said sleeve, the upward motion of the latter, however, beinglimited by a head, f, on the rod a.

On the upper end of the sleeve 0 is a tube, 11, which is concentric withthe rod b, and which is slightly conical, so that the upper end of thetube presents a sharp annular edge.

The fabric X, to which a button is to be attached, is first brought overthe instrument so that the end of the tube 01 shall be in contact withthe fabric at the point where the button is to be secured. The fabric isnow pressed quickly downward by the attendant so that the point of therod 1) shall penetrate the same, the sleeve 0 and its tube beingdepressed to the position shown in Fig. 2, when the fabric will passreadily from the rod onto the tube (1. The fabric is now released, andthe sleeve 0 and its tube are raised by the action of the spring 6 tothe position shown in Fig. 3. The shank y ofabutton, Y,is now introducedinto the upper end of the tube d, as shown in Fig.3, and the attendantpresses with his thumb upon the head of the rivet, while at the sametime he draws up the cloth over the tube until it is brought against theunder side of the head of the rivet, when the cloth, with the rivet theshank of which has thus been inserted, is removed.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Thecombination of the pointed rod b, the movable sleeve 0, with its conicaltube 01, and spring 0, the whole being arranged and operatingsubstantially as described.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. REHFUSS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. FOSTER. W. J. R. DELANY.

